AEA Papers and Proceedings
ISSN 2574-0768 (Print) | ISSN 2574-0776 (Online)
Disparities in Police Award Nominations: Evidence from Chicago
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 110,
May 2020
(pp. 447–51)
Abstract
This study provides evidence of racial and gender disparities among police officers by examining a key metric of internal recognition: departmental award nominations. Using a novel dataset on Chicago police officers, we find that black (female) officers are significantly less likely to be nominated compared to their white (male) colleagues, even after controlling for cohort, age, experience, and key policing activity metrics such as arrests, uses of force, and complaints. Further, the discrepancy is likely not a result of statistical discrimination on the part of nominators, as the minority nominations gap grows among higher award percentiles.Citation
Rim, Nayoung, Bocar Ba, and Roman Rivera. 2020. "Disparities in Police Award Nominations: Evidence from Chicago." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 110: 447–51. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20201118Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- H76 State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J45 Public Sector Labor Markets
- J71 Labor Discrimination
- M12 Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
- M51 Personnel Economics: Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions